Improvement in butter-workers



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R. W. BARNAR-D. Butter-Worker.

No. 196,859. I Patented Nov. 6, 1877.

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Butter-Worker.

No. 196,859. Patented Nov. 6, I877.

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IMPROVEMENT l N BUTTER-WORKERS.

Specification forming of Letters Patent No. 196,859, dated November 6, 1877; application filed August 13, 1877. I 7

To an ivhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROYAL W. BARNARD,

of the city and county of Fayette, and State double incline to the center, and at this central lowest point'a groove is formed, from 'which the liquid is drawn off from time to time through a hole in theside of the tank,

of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Butter Worker and Packer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the working and packing tanks and the brine-keg. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectionof the-same; Fig. 3, an end view of the working-tank; Fig. 4:, a sectional detail of the finishing-cover; Fig. 5, a sectional detail of the stopper or outlet-plug- Fig. 6 is a side view of the combined worker and packer, with the foot out through line 3 y of Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a face view of the foot, and a cross-section-of same through line 10 as. Fig. 8 is a detail of a false bottom, which takes the place of the inclined boards in Fig. 2.

The object of myinvention is to provide an improved device forwashing, working, purifying, and packing butter.

It consists, mainly, in a combined worker and packer formed in the shape of a foot, pro.- vided with a handle, one portion of which foot is made flat for packing, and the other portion provided with flanged edges or lips, which scrape down the butter from the sides of the tank, and prevent the grinding of the grain of the butter. w

The invention also consists in the construction of the tank, the stopper or' plug forv the same, the arrangement of an adjustable receptacle for the firkin while being filled or packed, and in a flanged cover for finishing the surface of the butter after packed in the firkin, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A represents the tank or trough in which the butter is worked. I It is made of. wood in rectangularshape, and is supported upon suitable legs a, which, as shown, are detachably connected with the bottom of the tank by means of dovetailed grooves. The said tank is constructed with a table or shelf, 1), at one end, upon which rests the keg or receptacle B, for the. brine with which thefresh butter is washed, purified, and salted, and with which alone the butter is treated in the several steps of washing, working. and packing.

The bottom 0 of the tank is made with a closed bya special form of plug or stopper, D. This stopper consists (see Fig. 5) of a porcelain or metal knob, is, a cork, l, a wooden plug, m, and a screw, n. By turning the screw the wooden plug will be drawn to the porcelain. knob and the cork expanded.

This form of plug is specially adapted to a butter-worker, for the reason that it is easily cleaned, and may be made always to fit its orifice, and be retained therein in spite of the lubrication which the greasy butter affords.

In constructing the bottom of the tank, a single straight piece of thick board is sawed partially through in transverse direction on theupper side, about the middle of the length of the board, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The board is then bent up at each end, to bring the cut or sawed edges together, and give the double inclination. 1

In fastening the parts of the tank together with brine-tight joints, the upper sides of the bottom upon each-side are provided with (see Fig. 3) grooves o, and the sides which conform to the double inclination of the bottom are provided with corresponding tongues 0, which fit into the grooves, and form a tight joint. The end pieces of the tank are also fitted into grooves in the sides to form tight joints, andare made wider at the top, so as to give to the sides a certain degree of flare. The object of the flare is twofold: first, it-enables the workman to scrape down the sides of the tank without leaning over andit also permits a tighter joint to be made between the sides and the removable bottoms which I employ. f I

E E are two boards arranged inclinedly, and extending from the groove or lowest pointof the bottom up to the top edge of the end piece. These inclined boards constitute one of the removable bottoms, while F, Fig. 8, is theother, the latterbeing a simple horizontal board. Both these removable bottoms leave a space beneath the same, which maybe filled with ice,

and for this reason they are especially adapted to working soft butter. The inclined boards E E also facilitate the removal of the butter from the tank, the butter being simply pushed or slid up the incline by the butter worker or packer to the point of delivery, instead of being lifted out bodily.

Figs. 6 and 7 shows the combined worker and packer. It consists of a handle, Gr, having hand-holds c cghhahhrrym below foot,- H. The said foot is in general outline of a flat curved shape of any suitabledimension, but preferably about six inches wide and twelve inches long. The outer face of this foot is formed upon one side of the handle into a plain surface terminating in an edge, which part of the foot constitutes the packer, and is used for lifting or scraping the butter out of the tank to the firkiinand for paeking it therein. The opposite side of the foot is formed upon its outer face with two lips or flanges, d d, at its edges, which constitute the butter-worker. i

The merit of these flanges is as follows I Iii scraping downthe butter from the sides of the tank they operate as knives to cleanly r'emove the butter adhering to the sides without mashing, smearing, and burstin' g the grain or globules of the butter, as is the case with, Ordinary implements; In workin g the butter, also, these flanges aet as rockers, which rest upon the bottom of the tank,.and by reeeiv= I ing the force applied prevent the breaking of the grain of the butter, which would be pro .duced by the abrasion of the surface of the workeragainst the bottom. I y I The combined butter worker and packer; as thus described, may be made either with straight sides, as shown, for rectangular tanks, or one or both sides may be curved to adapt it to the curved sides of a tub, when the butteris worked therein. I p

To the opposite end of the tank from the shelf or tableb is adjustably fixed asupple-- mental tank, I. This latter is designed to receive the firkin or tub iutowhich the butter is to be packed, and is preferably made with a false bottom, upon which the firkin rests. I I

In packing the buttei into the firkin, a quantity of brine is first placed therein, and the butter then packed in the brine to securea more perfect preservation of the same; and as the butter becomes packed at the bottom, the brine rises to thetop, further washing and purifying the butter, and when the firkin' is packed full the brine runs over the edge into the supplemental tank I and passes beneath the false bottom, whenceit is drawn oif through" e, similar to that-first described. a a

Intrans'ferring the butterfroin thetank A to the firkin it is desirable that the edge of the latter should be on a level with the top of the inclined board E, and as the firkins vary in height the supplemental tank I is made vertically adjustable to preserve the level for the diflerent sizes.

In securing theadjiis'tment the tank I is made to move over the tank A by means of guides f, and the tank I is supported and held to its adjustment by means of hoeks 9, that fasten into eyes h. a

J, Fig. 4, is the finishing-cover for the firkin,

a hole in the side of the tank closed by aplug,

Which consists of a simple cover with an outwardlyflared marginal flan e, 'i, and handle j. After the firkin is filled hh packed withbutter the cover J is applied and for'eed down,

around the edge of the butter the than and tuck the butter dawn; This may he done either before the linen cloth is applied af- I for the urpo e described.

2.- The combination, with the I tank at ing flared sides, double-inclined bottoinyan' central out1et,-of the removable inclined boards E E, as and for thepurpdse descr'ihefd;

'3. The combination,- with the tank A hav ing eyes h, of the vertically-adjustable tank I, having uiaes and hooks-g, ashnrithrthe 'ph jcs e described. w

4, The finishing-eoveifld, having hams":

wardly-flared flange, i, adapted o pass nside I the firkiii and tuck downthe butter, faiths purpose'described. II 5. The combination, with a butter-worker having anoutlet-orifiee, of a; plug orsto'pper,

D, consisting of the knob kycorkl, wooden plug in, and screw 11, as and for the puipose setforth. p I

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